Full Throttle - Sopwith Snipe.

Christopher Carnley · Post by **Christopher Carnley** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:56 am

Here are a few pictures of the 1:1 Replica of the BR2 installed in the Snipe.Built to FAA airworthiness standards.

If anyone wishes to see the full set(!) then I will post more.

Steve Welton · Post by **Steve Welton** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:35 am

Wonderful to see!
Brilliant.

Martin Webster · Post by **Martin Webster** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:13 pm

Please post some more images Chris. I would be particularly interested in the modern materials for example modern alloys that were not available when the engines were manufactured originally. Kind regards.
B88HR

John Murch · Post by **John Murch** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:29 pm

I assume that this engine was one of the New Zealand built ones, see

http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects ... uild-story

For lots of interesting stuff on early aircraft,

John

Christopher Carnley · Post by **Christopher Carnley** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:34 am

John,

No, the above was built in Germany 2009/11. The New Zealand built replica Snipe and its replica engine were purchased by Kermit Weeks and that aircraft is in Florida.

I am very busy just now with a number of broken parts needed as always for rallies,and will post more pictures when the day cools down a bit(!).

John Murch · Post by **John Murch** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:11 am

How amazing that two lots of people chose to build replica BR2 engines, so much duplicated effort! Although I am equally amazed that there are so many manufacturers of new 4.5 WO engine blocks.